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Reset Windows Media Player 12 To Default Settings

I have been having a lot of troubles with my Windows Media Player on Windows 7 but I found this cool trick that allows you to reset WMP12 back to it’s default settings. This might be handy if you are encountering any issues of your own.

Simply to go Start > Run (or hold down the Windows Key and press R) and type in the following:

msdt.exe -id WindowsMediaPlayerConfigurationDiagnostic

Press enter and follow the prompts to reset WMP.

I hope this helps someone!

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10 Responses to “Reset Windows Media Player 12 To Default Settings”

  1. Phil Phillips says:
    August 8, 2011 at 6:26 pm

    Thanks!! I’ve been looking for weeks (on and off)for a way to reset the defaults. This was it. I don’t know why they don’t make it easier to find and or figure out. ……just one single “reset defaults” button
    couldn’t be that hard to come up with….

  2. Steven H says:
    September 3, 2011 at 8:59 am

    I had this same problem and googled “windows media player default settings” and found this page with the solution. I did it and all is well. I was not able to burn cd’s that would work, and at first thought I had a bad batch of cd’s but then remembered I had changed some of the rip settings and it made me wonder if I had ‘screwed’ something up. I still don’t know if I was responsible for it not working, but regardless, now all is fine. Thank you very much for the fix solution.

  3. Rick T says:
    October 7, 2011 at 11:03 pm

    Another way is to open wmp, press Alt H, go to the help screen and then type in “media player settings troubleshooter”. It will then give you the link for the troubleshooter. The first thing the troubleshooter will do is ask if you would like to restore the wmp to it’s default settings.

  4. dnetplayer says:
    October 18, 2011 at 7:59 am

    Thanks a lot guys for this information..!

    The command is a pain to remember however..
    Try this:
    -Open WMP 12
    -Press F1
    -Type “troubleshooter” on the search bar and enter
    -Click the number 19 search result

    ^_^

  5. Tom C says:
    October 24, 2011 at 12:53 am

    Great fix! I made some changes to my WMP. At first everything worked properly, but after restarting the application, there was no audio. Your little “hint” get it working again. Point learned? Quit messing with stuff when you don’t know what you did.

  6. Mushfique Ahmed says:
    November 9, 2011 at 2:19 pm

    Yes Boss its works a lot

  7. James says:
    December 13, 2011 at 8:39 am

    How to get windows media player back to defaults if that doesn’t work
    Go to UserName\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Media\12.O and delete all that is in that folder
    Also Go to UserName\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Media Player and delete all that is in that folder

  8. Angshuman Sarkar says:
    January 26, 2012 at 12:26 pm

    Thanks For help…..

  9. Jon W. says:
    February 11, 2012 at 5:46 am

    Thanks, I found this helpful. I like short and effective instructions. Copy. Start, run, paste, next. Done. Well done sir.

  10. manuella says:
    February 14, 2012 at 6:34 am

    thanks thanks a lot you saved me i have spent so much time trying to solve this problem and the solution was so easy thanks kisses

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